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Job Chapter 28 verse 17 Holy Bible

ASV Job 28:17

Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
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BBE Job 28:17

Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.
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DARBY Job 28:17

Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.
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KJV Job 28:17

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
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WBT Job 28:17

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
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WEB Job 28:17

Gold and glass can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
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YLT Job 28:17

Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor `is' its exchange a vessel of fine gold.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - The gold and the crystal cannot equal it; rather, gold and crystal. This second mention of gold (see ver. ]5) seems superfluous, but perhaps the patriarch is thinking of some goblet or ornament in which crystal and gold were combined together. Ornaments of this kind bare been found in Phoenicia ('Hist. of Phoenicia,' pp. 362, 370). And the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold; or, vessels of fine gold. Both in Egypt and Phoenicia vessels of gold were common.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) The exchange of it.--Or, according to some, the attraction of it. The remainder of this chapter calls for little remark: its unrivalled sublimity is patent, and comment is superfluous. There is a general resemblance between this chapter and Proverbs 8, and both seem to imply a knowledge of the Mosaic narrative of creation.